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CROWNED WITH INEFFABLE GLORY, ITS TRUTHS SHALL ENFOLD THE GLOBE!

C. T. McCLENACHAN.

UNIVERSITY

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THE Volume now presented to the Masonic public assumes to itself no special originality; but the apparent want of a complete and systematic hand-book for the assistance and instruction of those essaying the higher walks of Masonry, in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, would seem to justify the humble ambition which the Collator of this volume has attempted. His personal experience, extending through a period of years, has taught him the necessity of some complete Monitor whereby the beauty and sublimity of the Rite could be more thoroughly and justly rendered.

Deferring, as he does, with all respect to those who have preceded him in similar efforts, he humbly trusts that if he has not added anything of value, interest, or importance to the beautiful ritual of the Rite, that he may not be accused of detracting from any portion of that solemnity and solid worth which necessarily form the basis of its several Degrees.

If incessant study and a practical familiarity with the exemplification of the work can claim for him any merit, he trusts that this volume may receive favor for the intention which the writers' ambition prompts, and that

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